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Traffic stop yield another drug arrest By Shane Gilreath [email protected] A traffic stop Monday yielded results beyond a mere traffic violation when Drug Agent Lee Johnson and Lt. Cory Lawson witnessed a vehicle swerve across the yellow line on Grave Hill Road on Monday, April 7, 2025. According to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, upon conducting the stop, the responding officers discovered what appeared to be drugs…

USDA cuts impact Scott County Local officials react to Federal Budget Cuts that feed local families By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Shock was the overriding sentiment.  Disappointment soon followed.  That was the reaction as news trickled in that Scott County would find itself directly in the cross hares of the Trump Administration’s federal budget cuts undertaken by the newly formed Department of…

Leaders join forces to fight Child Abuse   By Shane Gilreath [email protected] “It is a great day when we partner with the Children’s Center,” said Oneida’s Mayor Lori Phillips-Jones, who signed a proclamation on Friday, recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. “We need to be able to support and provide services for the children…

Routine stop leads to drug bust By Shane Gilreath [email protected] On Saturday, April 5, 2025, Scott County Sherrif’s Office arrested Elizabeth Chapman, age 32, following a traffic stop in Huntsville, initiated by Sgt. Dillon Smith and assisted by Drug Agent Lee Johnson.  Chapman was initially pulled over for a registration light violation, though she admitted…

Oneida goes Artsy By Shane Gilreath [email protected] “I’ve got today for the weather to cooperate,” said Cymone Wilder, the Nashville-based artist who used Saturday to transform downtown Oneida.  The forecast was precarious, but the artist continued to work, as citizens buzzed the sidewalk and yard sales that encompassed the downtown area.  “I am fiercely passionate…

TN Sex Offender leads KY police on I-75 chase By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Naythen Edwards, 34, of Deer Lodge, Tennessee, was arrested in Laurel County, Kentucky, after leading police on a chase along I-75. According to the London Police Department, Edwards ultimately crashed his car while on the interstate and attempted to flee into the…

The Photographer and the Cowgirl By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Sometimes magic strikes when we least expect it.  That was the case for photographer Robyn Jeffers and her young model Katie Mae Sexton, the young Scott County equestrian, who was recently featured on COWGIRL magazine’s social media. The pair’s inclusion was much thanks to the hard…

Raymond faces judge in murder of wife Judge sets bond at $2Million; sends case to Grand Jury By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Last week, a judge heard evidence against Dennis Raymond, 35, who is charged in the murder of his wife.  Part of that evidence came from a key witness in the case, who testified that…

Safe Haven Box comes to Wartburg By Shane Gilreath [email protected] It’s not a problem anyone hopes to face, but every year, the United States sees children disposed of in a multitude of inhumane manners. Statistics suggests that 7,000 babies are abandoned annually across the United States.  To combat that on-going crisis, all 50 states have enacted…

Two bodies found in car By Shane Gilreath [email protected] Police are investigating a mysterious case of two deaths after their bodies were found inside a gray Chevy Malibu stopped in the middle of an intersection of KY Hwy 92 West and KY Hwy 2792, a thoroughfare that connects McCreary and Whitley Counties at Williamsburg where…